A recent end-user survey conducted by TheInfoPro research firm (&ldquo;Wave 6&rdquo; of TIP&rsquo;s semi-annual surveys) indicates that information lifecycle management (ILM) is now ranked as the top storage management priority for high-end enterprises.

An IBM-lead group of nine storage hardware and software vendors surprised attendees at the Storage Networking World conference in October when they announced a plan to form a non-profit, open source community aimed at developing a heterogeneous, standards-based common storage management platform.

A recent survey conducted by GlassHouse Technologies, a storage consulting and services provider, reveals that of the 344 participating companies 54% have no documented procedures for protecting stored data from theft or tampering, and a whopping 69% of executives rate their storage departments&rsquo; security readiness as &ldquo;fair&rdquo; or &ldquo;poor&rdquo;